TIGER
original title: TIGUERE
2024, 84 min., color, Spanish
coming-of-age toxic masculinity
CATEGORIES : Drama, Thriller
COUNTRY: Dominican Republic
PRODUCTION : BUDGET : 1 250 000 euro
Cinematographer : Hernan Herrera
Producers : Carlos German
CATEGORIES : Drama, Thriller
COUNTRY: Dominican Republic
PRODUCTION : BUDGET : 1 250 000 euro
CAST
Manny Perez, Carlos Fernandez
CREW
Director : Screenplay : Arturo Arango, Nuri Duarte, Xenia Rivery, Alan Gonzales, José Maria CabralCinematographer : Hernan Herrera
Producers : Carlos German
SYNOPSIS
A group of male adolescents are recruited by their parents into a bootcamp to be forged into hustlers, players, “tigueres”. This archetype is the highest idealization of the male character in Dominican and Caribbean culture. Alberto is the head coach of this camp who decides that Pablo’s time has come to join the group. But Pablo, his son, is a Tiguere in his own right, unbeknownst to Alberto, whose coming-of-age process clashes with his father’s authoritarian views. This leads Pablo on a journey of self-discovery.